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2019 Racines Wines, Sainte-Rose Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful (Drink 2022 - 2032)
Allen Meadows
91/100
Antonio Galloni
94/100
Product: 20198068251

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2019 Racines Wines, Sainte-Rose Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

Description

A slightly more deeply pitched nose blends similar fruit elements and more floral nuances. There is a bit more volume and mid-palate density to the attractively textured medium-bodied flavours that are a mix of seductiveness and punch, all wrapped in a sneaky long and equally refreshing finish. This is noticeably more complex and a wine that should repay mid-term keeping.

Drink from 2026 onward

Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (April 2022)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Maturity Ready - youthful (2022 - 2032)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Racines Wines

Critics reviews

Allen Meadows 91/100
A slightly more deeply pitched nose blends similar fruit elements and more floral nuances. There is a bit more volume and mid-palate density to the attractively textured medium-bodied flavours that are a mix of seductiveness and punch, all wrapped in a sneaky long and equally refreshing finish. This is noticeably more complex and a wine that should repay mid-term keeping.Drink from 2026 onwardallen_meadows, burghound_com.com (April 2022)
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (Apr 2022)
Antonio Galloni 94/100
The 2019 Pinot Noir Saint Rose is a new wine in this lineup. The 2019 blends the best barrels from Domaine de la Côte and La Encantada vineyards. Ripe red cherry, blood orange, spice, menthol and a good deal of savoriness from the 50% whole clusters are front and centre. Pliant and creamy, the 2019 is so expressive today. A few years in bottle should help the tannins soften.Racines is the Sta. Rita Hills project headed by Etienne de Montille, Rodolphe Péters and Justin Willett. The wines are deep, layered and, not surprisingly, super-expressive regarding the site. The Pinots, in particular, tend to show notable breadth from a combination of a high percentage of stems, classic winemaking and relatively long ageing of around 19 months in barrel.Drink 2024 - 2034antonio_galloni, Vinous.com.com (June 2021)
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Jun 2021)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Racines Wines

Burgundian winemakers Étienne de Montille and Brian Sieve joined with Champagne’s Rodolphe Peters to form Racines, in California’s Santa Rita Hills.
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